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The Warner Theatre will present the next production of the 9th Annual International Playwrights Festival â âPut on a Grumpy Faceâ by Reed Halvorson â from the Warnerâs Nancy Marine Studio Theatre beginning Jan. 1 at 7 p.m.
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the festival will be a virtual event â each production will be recorded in the Nancy Marine Studio Theatre over a period of several weeks and then streamed via YouTube and Facebook every other Friday from November to April.
The mission of the International Playwrights Festival is to recognize the work of emerging and established playwrights and to build a link between the playwrights, the theatre community and our audiences. The festival is a celebration of new works by playwrights from across the country and around the globe. For the ninth year, 150 plays were accepted for consideration from across the United States and as far away as China and New Zealand.
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PUT ON A GRUMPY FACE by Reed Halvorson (SC)
Streaming January 1-13, 2021
Torrington, CT – The Warner Theatre will present the next production of the 9th Annual International Playwrights Festival - PUT ON A GRUMPY FACE by Reed Halvorson (SC) - from the Warner s Nancy Marine Studio Theatre beginning Friday, January 1 at 7:00 pm. In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, the International Playwrights Festival will be a virtual event – each production will be recorded in the Warner s Nancy Marine Studio Theatre over a period of several weeks and then streamed via YouTube and Facebook every other Friday from November to April.
Date: 21 December 2020 Â Â |Â Â Author: Sean Keywood
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Schemes that charge road users a fee to drive around towns and cities are supported by 62% of the UK public, according to a survey by Ipsos MORI.
The polling organisation says the survey followed previous research among captains of industry, which found an even higher level of support for such schemes, at 82%.
Members of the public with access to cars are said to be very nearly as supportive as the general population, at 60%.
Ipsos MORI says this level of support represents a big increase, with a 2007 survey finding just 33% of the public in favour.
However, the level of support drops if money from such schemes is used to benefit motorists in the form of lower road tax, with support dropping to 39% among the general public, and to 34% among industry leaders.
Some 62% of Britons supported road pricing for when EVs become mainstream
Chancellor Rishi Sunak is reportedly in favour of charges for every mile driven over concerns that switch to EVs
will leave a £40bn black hole in tax revenues
Survey of the public and company bosses found a growing acceptance for a pay-as-you-drive scheme
The Transport Select Committee last week launched a road pricing inquiry
The call for evidence from MPs will be open to all until 21 February 2021
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Three in five people (62%) say they would support charging motorists a fee to drive around towns and cities. One in four (25%) are strongly supportive, a poll from Ipsos Mori suggests.
The committee will consider the implications of accelerating the shift to zero emission vehicles, including bus and freight vehicles, and the case for using innovative new technology to introduce some form of road pricing.
Chair of the Transport Committee, Huw Merriman MP, says that the Government decision to bring forward the ban on the sale of new petrol, hybrid and diesel cars, recently announced in the ‘Ten Point Plan’, is considered a “vital step” along the UK’s path to net zero.